Way back in April, I preordered this thing. I'm not ordinarily a big fan of the Marvel Select line--they're scaled a bit too tall to go with the other action figures easily, and they tend to be designed to be posed in one particular position. However, I've wanted this character in action figure form, and I wasn't sure whether it would be offered as a Marvel Legend, and the figure looked decent in the pics, so I ordered.
Well, he is pretty tall. Not outrageously so--he won't look disproportionate to the other figures, just tall--which would be less of a big deal if Bucky/Cap is supposed to be relatively average in height for a superhero. About 5'9" if I recall correctly.
The figure is reasonably posable. He bends at shoulder, arm, knee and hip. The shoulders and hips also turn outward, which is nice. He also bends at the ankles and turns at the waist, and the head nods and turns. The only real problem is at the hip joints, where if you sit him down, the legs spread and turn, which limits his sitting ability considerably. Still, not terrible, and better than I really expected from this line after She-Hulk. The right hand has a gun permanently attached, but at least it's just the one hand (Jason Todd has two, which makes him kind of difficult to play with).
And it's a decent-looking figure. Not thrilling, but certainly acceptable. The costume looks pretty good. It's shiny where it's supposed to be but not glaringly so. The main thing that looks a little odd is at the hip--the way the legs are attached, the thighs stick out a bit beyond the hip, giving him a bit of a "saddlebag" effect. And I can't say that the face looks quite right (he looks more "Steve" than "Bucky," really), but that's not that uncommon in any action figures.
Overall, I like it, but I'm hoping for a Marvel Legends version in the future.
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